diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5b894e9..cdcd043 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         run: make test
+        env:
+          LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 150194b..13c0acb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ install:           ## Install dependencies in local virtualenv folder
 
 publish:           ## Publish the library to the central PyPi repository
 	# build and upload archive
-	$(VENV_RUN); ./setup.py sdist && twine upload $(BUILD_DIR)/*.tar.gz
+	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)
+	$(VENV_RUN); $(PIP_CMD) install --upgrade build twine && \
+		python -m build --sdist --wheel && \
+		twine upload $(BUILD_DIR)/*
 
 test:              ## Run automated tests
 	($(VENV_RUN); test `which localstack` || pip install .[test]) && \
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fed528d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100755
index ac42fe2..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from setuptools import setup
-setup()